Improvement in meat-tenderers



-J.'ROEMER.

MEAT TENDERER.

Patented-July 4. 1876.

JOHN ROEMER, OF CHAMPION, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN MEAT-TENDERERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 79,611, dated July 4,1876; application filed December 27, 1875. v

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN ROEMER, of(Jhampion, Marquette county, Michigan, have into allow the pivot-blockto rise in case the steak is thick and hard. and an adjusting stopserew,to limit ,the rise of pivot-block, as required for steaks of differentthicknesses, and under the pivot-blockis a light spring, toprevent theblock from dropping down too low when the steak is removed.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of my improved beet steaktenderer. Fig. 2 is a transverse section on line a; a: of Fig. 2, andFig. 3 is a plan of the upper squeezer inverted.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the upper squeezing-plate, to which the handle is attached, andwhich is fastened to the bed squeezing-plate B by the verticallyshiftingblock 0 in the slotted standard D, under a strong spiral spring, E, andthe adj nsting stop-serew F, and ox'er the light spring G. For tenderand not very thick steaks the spring E serves to hold the pivot-blockwith suflicient power, and at the same time it allows plate A to bepressed down level and act alike v ful enough for, the screw Fre-enforces the spring, and, being adjustable, enables the squeezer tooperate on such steaks as uniformly as on others. The springGr keeps thepivot-block up to its place when no steak is in the machine, and thussaves the lifting of it when putting in the steaks to be treated.

For a'steak of standard thickness the spring G will hold up the block tothe exact height required, and if there is inserted one of greaterthickness the block will automatically adjust itself to the properposition, both springs yielding for that purpose; but when a thinnersteak than a standard one is inserted between thejaws A B, the screw'isforced down on the block, and the spring G yields until the desiredpoint is attained.

I am aware thatthe jaws of a meat-mangler have been connected by aspring-encircled pin 5 but What I claim is- A shifting block, 0,arranged between two springs, E G, in the cavity of a standard, 1), whencombined with the jaws A B, as and for the purpose specified.

. 7 JOHN ROEMER. \Vitnesses:

CHRISTOPHER MILLER,

GASPARD OLIVER GIRARDIN.

